Troy 'Radio' Johnson uses SSL X-Desk for Jennifer Lopez hit

With X-Desk I get the same quality, the same feel as the G-Series no problems.

OXFORD, ENGLAND  Solid State Logic, the worlds leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that Troy Radio Johnson has installed a Solid State Logic X-Desk and X-Rack in his home studio.

Radio literally grew up in the recording studio  and when that studio is used by the likes of Sly Stone and Quincy Jones youre going to pick up a production trick or two along the way. No wonder that Radio was producing tracks on a 4-track before his eighth birthday. These days Radio is a songwriter and producer used to mixing on larger SSL consoles, but during the production of Until It Beats No More, for Jennifer Lopez, a track co-penned by Johnson SSL's X-Desk & X-Rack enabled him to produce the final mix from his home studio.

We originally wrote the song for Leona Lewis but she didn't go for it, so my manager played the song to J.Los people and they liked it. I wasn't there for the recording because Kuk Harrell took care of the vocal production, but when I heard her performance I was like, oh my gosh, she killed it, she was great! They told me they wanted me to change the drums around a little bit and add some more synth stuff etc. While I was [in the studio] doing that they asked me to mix the track, and I was like, really? Alright! So I mixed the record on an [SSL] G Series console and when they heard it they thought it was great, but they said they wanted me to make a couple more changes.

The problem was that the next day the studio was booked out, and so my first thought was, Its a good job I have my X-Desk and X-Rack here, cos I can pull up these channels and change things and still get the same analogue quality that I would get at the studio. For me it was the perfect opportunity to utilise this whole set up that I have. And it came out great. I wasnt sure if they thought that this might still be a demo mix, and then they sent it off for mastering. So I guess I finished the final mix at my house on the X-Desk.

The thing that I love about this story is that with X-Desk I actually had the real deal, you know? With X-Desk I was still able to bring up the stems and sum it and get the same quality that I would get on the G Series it was exact. The feel everything. With X-Desk its just like no problems, its easy!